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The Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States. The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey , and remained in continuous operation for 38 seasons.
The Grays didn’t have an official league that year, as the American Negro League had folded after one season in 1929, so they scheduled anyone and everyone, and crushed many of their opponents. Official records weren’t kept at that time, but after researching every available box score from the 1931 season, baseball historian Phil S. Dixon estimated that the Grays went 143-29-2 (.828 W%).
Apr 14, 2021 · The team also was referred to as the Washington Grays and the Washington Homestead Grays. By the time the Grays started playing at Griffith Stadium, they already were a force on the field. They had won two Negro National League pennants in '37 and '38, beginning a stretch of nine titles in 12 seasons (also winning in '40-45 and in '48).
May 9, 2009 · Homestead Grays was one of the most successful of the professional Negro League baseball teams. They won ten Negro National League Titles (1937-1945, 1948) and three Negro League World Series Titles (1943-1944, 1948), where they played the champion of the Negro American League. The team was … Read MoreHomestead Grays (1912-1950)
Homestead Grays Team History & Encyclopedia. Team Name: Homestead Grays Seasons: 18 (1928 to 1948) Record: 636-386, .622 W-L% Playoff Appearances: 10 Pennants: 9
No, the 1931 Homestead Grays weren't particularly glamorous. They simply played anybody, anywhere -- black teams and white teams, semi-pro teams and former Negro League teams, town teams and company teams, teams of coal miners and teams of steelworkers -- and won at a rate that seems like something out of a video game.
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In 1912, they became the Homestead Grays, the name they retained for the remainder of the franchise's history. The Grays did join the American Negro League (ANL) in 1929, but that league lasted only one season. Cum Posey was their inaugural manager in organized league play. The Grays went 32-29 (with three ties) for a fourth place finish.
